In the Kharkiv region, due to constant shelling of the de-occupied territories, the authorities are conducting a partial evacuation of the population.
This was announced by Oleg Syniegubov, the head of the regional administration.
"People who want to leave are being transported by bus to safer places in the region," he said.
So far, 8,933 people have left their homes in the de-occupied territories. The largest number of people are being evacuated from the Kupyansk district, which is currently under the most intensive shelling by the enemy. To date, more than six thousand people have left the communities of this area. All evacuees are provided with temporary housing and humanitarian assistance.
- In the Kharkiv region, the Defense Forces of Ukraine freed from the enemy and cleared 454 settlements, in particular the village of Kupyansk-Vuzlovy on the left bank of the Oskil River, where a large railway junction is located.